Still-Life with Fruits
Posted in photography on Apr 28th, 2008
Call me fickle minded, as this sudden twist in decision have delayed my submission of this first photo assignment for “Freezing Seasons” category. My mind was soaring into heights upon connecting the fruits that are in season with photography. It was a bit challenging to do this as I don’t have a Pro studio but only shooting with minimal equipment at home. Or simply working at the comfort of my home.
For those of you who are also new to Still-Life Photography, it is basically making picture rather than taking them. To tell you a bit of story, I clipped the background cloth on our clothesline. Then I set up the table and cover it with white cloth. Next I laid out the fruits on top and started trying several shots as I was holding the lampshade on my left hand to position the correct shadow. With the use of a tripod, my right hand was busy focusing the small group of objects and clicking the shutter as soon as I find the right angle. Murag true. LOL. Plus the squatting position that made it more harder to manage. Everytime I loose balance a disaster always follows. Whew! Finally my homework is done.
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Photo Assignment #1 for Freezing Seasons
Theme: Thai fruits in season
Title: Still-life with Fruits
Photo taken: at home
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Many thanks to A. Siroy for organizing our photo club activity.
Other assignments could be viewed on CREATIVELENS.
it looks almost like a painting, leen. even better, i think. =)
Hala Leen nice concept! I have to learn to do still shots. My sibs here use a reflector to manage the lighting and shadows. I don’t know how to do all that jazz… hehehe!
Sakto si Siroy murag painting, abi gani nako kanang pang New Year na spread hehehe!!! =)
argh..kalami baya ana..i miss all those fruits except the saging..nice concept, sis Leen..
@ Ai- i remember Patricia’s painting that is why I was able to research about similar technique in photography… naa pud diay =) i’m happy with my new discovery.
Hah! Now there’s a thought - I have never done still life. Hmmn…interesting concept! Great picture!
@ T- nawala akong reply… *memory loss* ah yeah, hhmmm… i’ll try to spot for those reflector… pwede na pang dining photo? hrhrhr… i still have to complete the 12 fruits. or 13?
@ Noel- yup, nice pud sa tiyan… suffering from stomach ache now… photographer turned pacwoman.
@Lynette- salamat. you should try it soon Nette. it’s fun. as in. it’s as if you’re doing acrobats, if without a helper. hrhrhr… but I guess Alyssa would be willing to do what mommy asks for. =)
expert gid ah.. very nice photo.. keep it up! i am proud of you..
@ tony- yikes! salamat
leen!!! very creative and artistic=) as in! this is amazing gyud=)
congratulations, you’ve done it again=)
@ ragen- =) blessed kaayo ko Chel for that sudden rush of idea… congratulations pud to all our classmates… let’s do this together… i still have to visit other incredible sites posted in Creativelens.
LOL, i can just imagine how u did it with the clothesline and all. The lovely photo is worth the effort you put in. success! heheheh…
leen, bow ko nimo. can i ask for your autograph?
you’re several leagues better na jud than us mere mortals. =) the picture is amazing!
@ happysteps- i had my fair share of good laughs after the shoot, te Cars… makalingaw ning photography… i want to learn more =)
@ patricia- thank you for throwing that idea of your painting… you see, your creativity is a blessing… from there it connected– season-fruits-painting-photography… lately have I known of the specific name for that certain art…
beautiful photo. lingaw kaayo ko sa story behind it. it is all worth it.
Hi Ate Leen! I love this picture, the concept, the arrangement of fruits and also where the shadow is! It looked like it was taken in a studio!
I’ll try that lampshade-on-one-hand technique sometime, hehe. 
nice ug nag-imagine nako sa fruit salad taga birthday, pasko ug uban pang okasyon. =)
@ konsuy- salamat Te Chi.
@ Nicky- =) hahaha… yeah, it’s good to imagine sometimes the unimaginable…
@ marislie- hello Ate Maris =) mag-fruit salad na ta!